Constraint¶

The Microbox is destined to be used by Red Cross volunteer in advance posts. Therefore, it has to meet some specific requirements, in order to cope with the hard conditions of use during emergency cases.

1. Size : the form factor of our system needs allow the possibility to be carriable by a person alone, for example a bag pack or a suitcase
2. Weight : As the previous point, it has to be carriable, so the weight has to cope with it. We need the system to be under 7 kg
3. Physical Robustness : The Microbox needs to be robust (not impacted by little shocks), but also waterproofed, resistant to dust and temperature
4. Rapidity : The switching on of our system needs to be fast, in order to allow volunteers to rapidly use it
5. Ease of use : Volunteers are not all experts, so the Microbox has to be usable by normal people
6. Prize : As the Microbox is a student project, we can't use very expensive equipment, the budget is under 300€
7. Scalability regarding to the number of users : the equipment needs to provide internet to more than one person
8. Energy supply : The accessible energy supply at the advance post is not known, so the Microbox needs to be connectable to every possible energy supply, or even have a battery in order to work without power supply

These are the constraints that the Microbox has to cope with. Therefore, the chosen equipments needs to respect those constraints.